Parent Information Sheet
Conceptual Physics
Mr. Young
Phone:
903 839-5551 (school) 903 595-6946 (home)
Email:
youngt@whitehouseisd.org
Web
Site: www.mryoungphysics.com
Planning
Period: 1st, 7:50 to 8:37
Tutorials:
Every morning (Except Thursday) and every afternoon
Additional
tutorials will be available during Friday Night School and Saturday School.
Textbook:
Textbook: Textbook: Conceptual Physics, by Paul Hewitt.
Grading:
Daily Work
.. 50%
Chapter Tests and Labs
....
30%
6 Weeks Test
20%
Conceptual
Physics is a demanding subject. Students
who take this course should expect to be well prepared for their freshmen level
college science courses. However, between the teacher and the textbook the
course material will be brought to a level that your child will be able to
handle.
Your
child will need to have the following materials for this class every day: Two
working pens and pencils, ten sheets of blank note paper, a single subject
notebook complete with six pockets, and, of course, the textbook. In addition,
your child will often be required to download material from the internet.
As
a part of your childs college preparation homework is assigned in this class
as a means of preparing for class and for the chapter tests rather than for a
grade. Doing work and not getting a grade for it is a difficult concept for
high school students; so, it is important that your child learns the importance
of doing work for its own sake, for their own growth and understanding rather
than for a grade.
You
should be aware of the late policy for this class. Work that is turned in late
will have a penalty added to the grade. A 10% penalty will be added to the
earned grade for work that is late on the due date and a 30% penalty for work
that is one day late. You should also be aware of the early policy for this
class. Work that is turned in one full day before it
is due will have a 30% bonus added to the earned grade.
While
family access is provided as a means for you to keep up with your childs
progress in this class your child will be given the opportunity to keep their
grades up-to-date even more efficiently. They will be given a grade record
sheet for this class upon which they will record all of their assignments and
the grade they earned for their work. It will often be the case that this
record sheet will be more up-to-date than family access. It is also important
that your child be allowed to compare their grade record sheet with skyward to
discover any mistakes that Mr. Young might have made.
You
are encouraged to go to my web site (www.mryoungphysics.com).
On this site you will find a weekly syllabus consisting of the order of study
for a particular week and the assignments for that week. Your child is required to download
these syllabi every week. The
syllabi are posted in two week intervals and past syllabi are always available
for examination. You will also find a copy of this information sheet as well as
other papers that will be given to your child, including the class rules,
policies and the all-important procedures.
In
order to be successful in this course your child must review notes and class
work, solve really fun problems, as well as do a lot of reading. I will make every effort possible to help
your child to be successful in this class.
However, many students have found it helpful to form study groups. You may wish to encourage your child to do
this as well and you may want to consider making your house a welcome location
for such a group to meet. I have found
from 20 plus years of teaching experience that pizza and classical music (www.abc.net.au/classic) go
together very well with the study of the King of Sciences!